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Amina's Song
by Hena Khan
The sequel to Amina’s Voice is just as captivating and endearing as the first book.
Amina’s Song starts off with her visiting Pakistan for the first time. She’s fallen in love with everything, the family, the people, the places and the food, but before visiting she was scared to visit after watching the news reported by media. Also, although Amina likes everything she doesn’t feel connected and feels more like an impersonator since she can’t speak proper Urdu. Upon coming back to USA, Amina’s excited to share her experience in Pakistan but it doesn’t go as expected.
I enjoyed this book, but not as much as the first book. There were many great topics and/or themes covered in this book such as, Amina’s wax museum project, an identity crisis, and family (both close and extended). However, I felt there was a lot going on in the book; so many lessons and themes and yet not all were explored to their full potential.
Amina has grown in this book and so have those around her. Amina seems more confident and open with her honest thoughts although she is still a somewhat flawed character. In this book, Amina is facing more internal issues related to her family and herself compared to the first book when it was mainly external. I sort of missed the music aspect of the first book but it was nice to visit other relatable topics.
This book really gives an ode to communication in some ways. Amina struggles with public speaking and when she decides to pick Malala Yousafzai as her wax museum project, she realizes it doesn’t do justice to her country. Also, I think a big mention is needed for news media. News media isn’t bad but their main purpose is to help the public be aware of their surroundings which usually means more negatives than positives and that can change a person’s viewpoint.
I absolutely adored Amina’s family dynamics and wish I had the same to a certain extent. I love how they are caring, protective yet supportive and always out there helping their community. Truly a read you shouldn’t miss!
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Amina’s Song starts off with her visiting Pakistan for the first time. She’s fallen in love with everything, the family, the people, the places and the food, but before visiting she was scared to visit after watching the news reported by media. Also, although Amina likes everything she doesn’t feel connected and feels more like an impersonator since she can’t speak proper Urdu. Upon coming back to USA, Amina’s excited to share her experience in Pakistan but it doesn’t go as expected.
I enjoyed this book, but not as much as the first book. There were many great topics and/or themes covered in this book such as, Amina’s wax museum project, an identity crisis, and family (both close and extended). However, I felt there was a lot going on in the book; so many lessons and themes and yet not all were explored to their full potential.
Amina has grown in this book and so have those around her. Amina seems more confident and open with her honest thoughts although she is still a somewhat flawed character. In this book, Amina is facing more internal issues related to her family and herself compared to the first book when it was mainly external. I sort of missed the music aspect of the first book but it was nice to visit other relatable topics.
This book really gives an ode to communication in some ways. Amina struggles with public speaking and when she decides to pick Malala Yousafzai as her wax museum project, she realizes it doesn’t do justice to her country. Also, I think a big mention is needed for news media. News media isn’t bad but their main purpose is to help the public be aware of their surroundings which usually means more negatives than positives and that can change a person’s viewpoint.
I absolutely adored Amina’s family dynamics and wish I had the same to a certain extent. I love how they are caring, protective yet supportive and always out there helping their community. Truly a read you shouldn’t miss!
Read more reviews @ Mystic's Review Shelf